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Sonata for Flute and piano (Op. 94)
Sonata for Flute and piano (Op. 94)
S. Prokofiev: Flute Sonata was written in 1943 in Perm (now Russia) where Prokofiev was evacuated right before the World War II. The Sonata was premiered in Moscow by Nicolai Kharkovsky and Sviatoslav Richter. The next year violin and piano version was transcribed by Prokofiev and violinist David Oistrakh. The fact that music doesn't convey anything that relates to the current events can be partly explained by the fact that Prokofiev was writing the Sonata at the same time when he was working on his ballet "Cinderella".
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
1. Moderato
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
2. Scherzo: Presto
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
4. Allegro con brio
Jacob Katsnelson (piano), 2015, Recorded at the Moscow State Conservatory.
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Herin Sung (piano), 2020, Recorded at the Kumho Art Hall Yonsei
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Severin von Eckardstein (piano), 2019, live performance at the Delft Chamber Music Festival
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Gérard Wyss (piano), 1992
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Prokofiev Sergey
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century. He received his first piano lessons from his mother who later arranged his private tutoring with Reinhold Glière. At the age of 13 young boy was admitted to St.Petersburg Conservatory after impressing it's director Alexander Glazunov. His first ballet Chout (The Buffoon) made a great success in Paris in 1921 and was highly prized by Stravinsky and Ravel.
After living abroad for 18 years (since 1918 he resided in San Francisco, Bavarian Alps and Paris) he returned to Russia (Soviet Union) in 1936 where most of his latest commissions came from during economic downturn in US and Europe at that time: the ballet "Romeo and Juliet", symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf" etc.
During World War II Prokofiev composed opera War and Peace, based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel, ballet Cinderella, Fifth Symphony as well as music for films (including Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible").
Despite world's fame Sergey Prokofiev, along with Dmitry Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian and many others, were denounced as "formalists" by Soviet Politburo in 1948 which led to severe financial straits for Prokofiev. Even though Prokofiev's musical legacy is enormous (14 operas, 9 ballets, 7 symphonies and 16 orchestra suites etc) the Sonata for Flute is the only composition Prokofiev had written for flute.